CompTIA to launch Advancing Women in IT Community in UK

CompTIA is set to release a woman in technology community in the UK, following the demand for female labor in the industry.

The CompTIA Advancing Women in IT community should launch in April and Nancy Hammervik, senior vice president of industrial relations CompTIA, said 1,000 women in the UK have already expressed interest in joining.

Retailers recently held a dinner in Birmingham to promote the issue of women in technology and engage with local women in industry, seeking their views on a similar UK model CompTIA existing community U.S. . . .
Hammervik told Computer Weekly: “Our first women in the community of its launch in the U.S. with women in the IT channel Women in Technology is a passion of mine, so I was happy to start a group. CompTIA women in the U.S... "

Hammervik said 300 women had wanted to join the U.S. community in its first year. "The focus of the community was the development and training with a focus on mentoring," he said. "One hundred women volunteered to be mentors.

"The community was built for young women in technology who want to connect with a mentor in IT.”
CompTIA Hammervik said when asked young girls their opinions about careers in IT, found that although 90 % of girls aged 12 to 15 years old, were comfortable using technology in their daily lives , only 15% wanted a career in the industry.

" The reasons given for not wanting a career in technology was that it is the work of a man , is not feminine , too much math and science involved, and is for geeks who sit in the basement ," he said . "Many didn ' do not even know what they were available jobs.

“We need to educate these girls what careers are out there.”

Hammervik said women in the UK in the technology community is currently formalizing as a chapter and the search for a suitable chair.